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Travel Blogs from Oslo

... to be packed, with the city buzzing with energy and movement. However, things were fairly deserted and apparently "half of Oslo" is on vacation -- either at their summer cabins or somewhere else in Europe. Seems high but would definitely explain things.

We set off for the beach in the late afternoon. It was easy enough to reach by bus (about 30 minutes). We got off the bus and walked through a fairly large ...

... and it has won loads of awards. We visited the Polar Expedition Museum ( or title like that) in Cambridge, which has a lot of Scott's stuff, but it bears no comparison to this one., After we dragged ourselves away from ...

... sit and work but not good to relax. It's like someone has thought too far out of the box and hasn't got it right.

This morning we went on a tour of the city to see major/ significant buildings. We also visited the Viking Ship Museum, this was interesting. These ships go back to 800-900. They are in unbelievable condition.

Vineland is a huge park in the city that has about 130 statues depicting different stages of life, while it was ...

... station without rushing. We helped clean the dishes, packed, freshened up, and said our goodbyes. It's good we left a bit of extra time, as the Oslo train station was a bit bigger to navigate. We still found our train and seats pretty easily, however. This time, we whipped out our sleeping bags right away in an effort to get comfortable. However, where the other train had been colder, this train was boiling hot. I was ...

... it would have taken to bury one of those bad boys? Of the three ships, two were for male chieftains and one was for a queen. The queens ship still had most of its treasure with it. The burial mounds of the other two had been raided maybe a few decades after they were buried. I hope they made it to Valhalla before some thief came and took all their stuff. That is assuming they died in battle. Dying in battle meant they went to Valhalla. Dying of sickness meant a trip to ...